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#ECD620

#ecd620 ≈ Citrine

  • yellow
  • Lightness: medium
  • Saturation: vivid
  • Warm
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#ecd620 is a color from the yellow family, with medium lightness and vivid saturation. In the RGB model it is made of 92.55% red, 83.92% green and 12.55% blue; printed in CMYK it uses 0% cyan, 9.32% magenta, 86.44% yellow and 7.45% black. Its hue angle is 53.53°, with 84.3% saturation and 52.55% lightness in HSL. It is a warm color, often associated with optimism, attention and joy. Designers typically use it for highlights and warnings, children's products and call-to-action buttons. Black text on this color reaches a contrast ratio of 14.21:1 (WCAG AAA). The closest named color is Citrine (#e4d00a), ΔE 1.58.

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Web safe#ffcc33
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Relative luminance0.6603

Complementary

  1. #ecd620
  2. #2036ec

Split complementary

  1. #ecd620
  2. #209cec
  3. #7020ec

Analogous

  1. #ec7020
  2. #ecd620
  3. #9cec20

Triadic

  1. #ecd620
  2. #20ecd6
  3. #d620ec

Tetradic

  1. #ecd620
  2. #36ec20
  3. #2036ec
  4. #d620ec

Square

  1. #ecd620
  2. #20ec70
  3. #2036ec
  4. #ec209c

Monochromatic

  1. #6a6009
  2. #b09f0f
  3. #ecd620
  4. #f2e366
  5. #f8f0ad

Shades

#ecd620 mixed progressively with black.

  1. #ecd620
  2. #d4c11d
  3. #bdab1a
  4. #a59616
  5. #8e8013
  6. #766b10
  7. #5e560d
  8. #47400a
  9. #2f2b06
  10. #181503
  11. #000000

Tints

#ecd620 mixed progressively with white.

  1. #ecd620
  2. #eeda36
  3. #f0de4d
  4. #f2e263
  5. #f4e679
  6. #f6eb90
  7. #f7efa6
  8. #f9f3bc
  9. #fbf7d2
  10. #fdfbe9
  11. #ffffff

Tones

#ecd620 mixed progressively with gray.

  1. #ecd620
  2. #e1cd2a
  3. #d6c533
  4. #ccbc3d
  5. #c1b446
  6. #b6ab50
  7. #aba25a
  8. #a09a63
  9. #96916d
  10. #8b8976
  11. #808080

Readable text 1.48:1 AA ✕ AA Large ✕ AAA ✕ AAA Large ✕
Readable text 14.21:1 AA ✓ AA Large ✓ AAA ✓ AAA Large ✓

Achromatopsia #d4d4d4 ≈ 0.003% of males
Achromatomaly #ded5aa ≈ 0.001% of males
Protanopia #ebcf00 ≈ 1.01% of males
Deuteranopia #f1d833 ≈ 1.27% of males
Tritanopia #ffc6b7 ≈ 0.0001% of males
Protanomaly #ecd200 ≈ 1.08% of males
Deuteranomaly #efd72c ≈ 4.63% of males
Tritanomaly #f8cc93 ≈ 0.0002% of males
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Text color
.text-ecd620 {
  color: #ecd620;
}
Background
.bg-ecd620 {
  background-color: #ecd620;
  color: #000000;
}
Border
.border-ecd620 {
  border: 2px solid #ecd620;
}
CSS variables
:root {
  --color-primary: #ecd620;
  --color-primary-rgb: 236 214 32;
  --color-primary-hsl: 54 84% 53%;
}
Gradient
.gradient-ecd620 {
  background: linear-gradient(135deg, #ecd620, #9cec20);
}
Colored shadow
.shadow-ecd620 {
  box-shadow: 0 8px 24px rgb(236 214 32 / 0.35);
}

#e4d00a Citrine ΔE 1.58 #f0e130 Dandelion ΔE 2.82 #ffe135 Banana Yellow ΔE 3.37 #ffdf00 Golden Yellow ΔE 3.60 #ffd700 Gold ΔE 4.51 #eee600 Titanium Yellow ΔE 4.63 #ffd300 Cyber Yellow ΔE 5.39 #1329df Inverted #d4d4d4 Grayscale 

Citrine
#ecd620  rgb(236, 214, 32)  hsl(54, 84%, 53%)  Citrine
#2036ec  rgb(32, 54, 236)  hsl(234, 84%, 53%)  Han Purple
#20ecd6  rgb(32, 236, 214)  hsl(174, 84%, 53%)  Turquoise
#d620ec  rgb(214, 32, 236)  hsl(294, 84%, 53%)  Electric Purple